AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 vs Intel Xeon X5670

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3172 points

1% slightly better overall score

3118 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4936 points

16% slightly better gaming score

4250 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2640 points

2751 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2535 points

2664 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3447 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2417 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

911 points

93% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

470 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3602 points

55% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2310 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1144 points

132% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

491 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

19% slightly higher clock speed

2.93 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

3.33 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

515th of 1,089

522nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop

Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 June

2010 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 vs Xeon X5670 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 beats the Xeon X5670 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5670 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon X5670 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X5670. Also, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5670 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon X5670. The Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.